best safari in Tanzania
9 days—Tanzania is one of the most unique tourism destinations in Africa having a lot of national parks, game reserve and many places of enjoyment
$350-20000 USD
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Safari summary
Everything is tailored to your specific needs. We pay attention to all the details, from planning which route is best for you and your group to preparing special dietary requests, and everything in between. We will make sure you are as comfortable as can be, so you can focus on reaching the top. Not everyone makes it to the top. Our team will make sure you do. We want you to accomplish this feat… as well as get that iconic, envy inducing, summit picture!
About this tour
| Tour type | Custom, tailor-made, private | |
| Main focus | Game drives | |
| Activity level | Easy activity | |
| Best months | All months | |
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Fine details
Safari highlights
- Night game drives
Itinerary
Day 1
Arusha | Lake Manyara | Tarangire
Day 1 : Drive to Lake Manyara OR Tarangire for afternoon game drive Drive from Moshi/Arusha to Lake Manyara OR Tarangire, lunch en route, afternoon game drive. Tarangire is best July-October and Lake Manyara is best November-June. Meals: BLD Budget Lodging: Kudu Lodge Standard Lodging: Rhotia Valley Tented Camp or Lake Manyara Wildlife Lodge Luxury Lodging: Lake Manyara Serena Lodge or Tarangire Sopa Lodge Elite Lodging: Tarangire Treetops
Day 2
Arusha | Ngorongoro Crater
Day 2 : Half day game drive in Ngorongoro Crater, drive to Moshi/Arusha Drive to Ngorongoro Crater for half-day game drive in the crater. Afternoon, return to Moshi or Arusha via Mto Wa Mbu. Meals: BL 3 days safari
Day 1
Lake Manyara | Tarangire
Day 1 : Moshi to Lake Manyara game drive Drive 3-4 hours from Moshi to Lake Manyara, lunch enroute, afternoon game drive in Lake Manyara Meals: LD Budget Lodging: Kudu Lodge, Endoro Lodge, or Rhotia Valley Tented Camp Standard Lodging: Ngorongoro Farmhouse, Kirurumu Tented Camp-Manyara, or Lake Manyara Wildlife Lodge Luxury Lodging: Lake Manyara Serena Lodge or Tarangire Sopa Lodge Elite Lodging: Tarangire Treetops
Day 2
Lake Manyara | Ngorongoro Crater
Day 2 : Ngorongoro Crater game drive Drive 30-60 minutes to Ngorongoro Crater, half-day game drive in the crater Meals: BLD Budget Lodging: Kudu Lodge, Endoro Lodge, or Rhotia Valley Tented Camp Standard Lodging: Ngorongoro Farmhouse, Kirurumu Tented Camp-Manyara, or Lake Manyara Wildlife Lodge Luxury Lodging: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge or Ngorongoro Serena Lodge Elite Lodging: The Manor at Ngorongoro
Day 3
Arusha | Tarangire
Day 3 : Tarangire game drive, return to Moshi/Arusha Drive 30-60 minutes to Tarangire for morning game drive in the park, afternoon return to Arusha or Moshi Meals: BL 4 days safari
Day 1
Lake Manyara
Day 1 : Drive to Lake Manyara for afternoon game drive Drive 3-4 hours from Moshi to Lake Manyara, lunch en route. Afternoon game drive in Lake Manyara. Meals: D Budget Lodging: Kudu Lodge, Endoro Lodge, or Rhotia Valley Tented Camp Standard Lodging: Ngorongoro Farmhouse, Kirurumu Tented Camp-Manyara, or Lake Manyara Wildlife Lodge Luxury Lodging: Lake Manyara Serena, Kitela Lodge, or Plantation Lodge Elite Lodging: The Manor at Ngorongoro
Day 2
Lake Manyara | Ngorongoro Crater
Day 2 : Half day game drive in Ngorongoro Crater Drive 30-60 minutes to Ngorongoro Crater. Half-day game drive in the crater. Meals: BLD Budget Lodging: Kudu Lodge, Endoro Lodge, or Rhotia Valley Tented Camp Standard Lodging: Ngorongoro Farmhouse, Kirurumu Tented Camp-Manyara, or Lake Manyara Wildlife Lodge Luxury Lodging: Lake Manyara Serena, Kitela Lodge, or Plantation Lodge Elite Lodging: The Manor at Ngorongoro
Day 3
Lake Manyara | Tarangire
Day 3 : Three available options Option #1: Hiking in the morning and cultural tour in the afternoon in Karatu or Mto Wa Mbu. Option #2: Drive to Olduvai Gorge Museum and visit Maasai village. Option #3: Drive to Tarangire for afternoon game drive. Meals: BLD Budget Lodging: Kudu Lodge, Endoro Lodge, or Rhotia Valley Tented Camp Standard Lodging: Ngorongoro Farmhouse, Kirurumu Tented Camp-Manyara, or Lake Manyara Wildlife Lodge Luxury Lodging: Lake Manyara Serena, Kitela Lodge, or Plantation Lodge Elite Lodging: The Manor at Ngorongoro
Day 4
Arusha | Lake Manyara | Tarangire
Day 4 : Tarangire game drive, return to Moshi/Arusha Tarangire, morning game drive. Afternoon, return to Moshi/Arusha via Mto Wa Mbu. Meals: BL 5 days safari A five day safari will take you to Tanzania’s best areas for wildlife viewing. Lake Manyara is ideal for viewing birdlife with over 400 species. Ngorongoro is the largest intact crater in the world abundant with wild game including elephants, rhinos, cheetahs, lions, leopards, and hyenas. Tarangire is a beautiful park filled with Baobabs and Acacias with a large variety of game such as zebras, elephants, giraffes, and waterbuck.
Day 1
Lake Manyara | Tarangire
Day 1 : Drive to Lake Manyara or Tarangire for afternoon game drive
Day 2
Serengeti
Day 2 : Drive to Serengeti, afternoon game drive
Day 3
Serengeti
Day 3 : Serengeti Game Drive
Day 4
Serengeti
Day 4 : Serengeti Game Drive, Olduvai Gorge, Maasai Village
Day 5
Arusha | Lake Manyara | Serengeti | Tarangire
Day 5 : Ngorongoro Game Drive and back to Arusha 6 days safari A six day safari will take you to Tanzania’s best areas for wildlife viewing. Lake Manyara is ideal for viewing birdlife with over 400 species. Ngorongoro is the largest intact crater in the world abundant with wild game including elephants, rhinos, cheetahs, lions, leopards, and hyenas. Tarangire is a beautiful park filled with Baobabs and Acacias with a large variety of game such as zebras, elephants, giraffes, and waterbuck. You will also visit the Serengeti, Tanzania’s most famous and largest national park and one of the most spectacular parks in the world. The “endless plains” cover some 14,763 square kilometers including large plains, short grass plains, kopjes, and lakes.
Day 1
Arusha | Lake Manyara | Tarangire
Day 1 : Drive to Lake Manyara or Tarangire for afternoon game drive Drive from Moshi or Arusha to Lake Manyara (Nov-May) or Tarangire (June-Oct) with lunch en route. Afternoon game drive inside the national park. Meals: LD Luxury Lodging: Lake Manyara Serena, Kitela Lodge, Plantation Lodge (Nov-May) or Tarangire Sopa Lodge (Jun-Oct) Elite Lodging: Gibb’s Farm
Day 2
Ngorongoro Crater
Day 2 : Ngorongoro Crater, half day game drive Half-day game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater. Meals: BLD Luxury Lodging: Ngorongoro Serena or Sopa Lodge Elite Lodging: Lemala Ngorongoro Tented Camp
Day 3
Serengeti
Day 3 : Visit Olduvai Gorge and Maasai village, drive to Serengeti, afternoon game drive Drive to the Serengeti with visits to the Olduvai Gorge and a Maasai village. Afternoon game drive around the Seronera area. Meals: BLD Luxury Lodging: Serengeti Serena Lodge or Grumeti Luxury Eco Camp Elite Lodging: Lemala Tented Camp or Serengeti Migration Camp
Day 4
Serengeti
Day 4 : Serengeti, full day game drive Full day game drive in the Serengeti to find the migration. Meals: BLD Luxury Lodging: Serengeti Serena Lodge or Grumeti Luxury Eco Camp Elite Lodging: Lemala Tented Camp or Serengeti Migration Camp
Day 5
Serengeti
Day 5 : Hot air balloon ride and Serengeti game drive Early morning hot air balloon ride with bush breakfast. Full day game drive in Serengeti. Meals: BLD Luxury Lodging: Serengeti Serena Lodge or Grumeti Luxury Eco Camp Elite Lodging: Lemala Tented Camp or Serengeti Migration Camp
Day 6
Arusha | Serengeti
Day 6 : Fly Serengeti-Arusha Fly Serengeti-Arusha, depart Meals: B 7 days safari Tanzania Safari, visits Tanzania’s largest and most famous national park with the wildebeest migration guide. Serengeti migration Safari 7 days tour. Northern Tanzania Safari 7 days.
Day 1
Arusha | Kilimanjaro
Day 1: Arrival – Moshi/Arusha On arriving Kilimanjaro international airport, our guide will meet you and drive you to Snow Crest hotel for overnight stay.
Day 2
Arusha | Tarangire
Day 2: Moshi/Arusha – Tarangire National park After breakfast at your hotel followed by a briefing session on the safari program. Depart Moshi/Arusha town and drive into Tarangire National Park to arrive in good time for lunch, Afternoon game drives followed by dinner and overnight stay at Tarangire Roika Lodge This park offers wide panoramas of open acacia woodland and grass savanna, where huge herds of Elephants (often two hundred strong) and other unique residents, such as fringe-eared Oryx and Lesser Kudu roam free, Lion, Cheetah and Leopard.
Day 3
Serengeti | Tarangire
Day 3: Tarangire – Serengeti After breakfast depart for Serengeti with a game drive enroute with picnic lunch. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight stay at Ikoma Safari camp
Day 4
Masai Mara | Serengeti
Day 4: Serengeti National park Full days spent exploring this photogenic park. Morning and after noon game drives are offered. Dinner and overnight stay at Ikoma Safari camp Serengeti is Africa’s most famous and Tanzania’s largest park covering 14,736 sq km and is adjoining with the Masai Mara National reserve in Kenya. With a wildebeest population of about 2 million and several other hoofed species (which include zebra, Thomson’s gazelle, impala, topi, Grants gazelle, Kongoni, Eland, Kirk’s dik dik, klipspringer, roan, Oryx, oribi, waterbuck, buffalo, giraffe and warthog),
Day 5
Kilimanjaro | Serengeti
Day 5: Serengeti – Ngorongoro We view game as we drive southeast up into the magnificent Ngorongoro Conservation. Full afternoon crater tour followed by dinner and overnight stay at a Rhino lodge The Ngorongoro crater is the world’s biggest whole volcanic caldera at 8300 sq km and is arguably the most stunning arena. It is frequently described as one of the wonders of the world, not only because of its geological magnificence, but also because it serves as an extraordinary natural sanctuary for some of Africa’s largest populations of large mammals. Ngorongoro and other freestanding mountains are volcanic in origin, formed during the fracturing process that created the Rift valley 15 to 20 million years ago. When it peaked in size 3 million years ago it was a similar height to Mt. Kilimanjaro today
Day 6
Lake Manyara
Day 6: Ngorongoro – Lake Manyara National park Depart the lodge soon after breakfast and proceed to Lake Manyara national park for a full afternoon game drives with packed lunches. Dinner and overnight stay at Lake Manyara Nysa Lodge Lake Manyara is a shallow, alkaline lake that is part of the Rift Valley wall; the lake is at the base of this dramatic western escarpment giving it a beautiful and serene setting. In addition to this peaceful setting, Lake Manyara’s main attractions are its rich bird life, tree climbing lions and its hippos, which you can see at a closer range than many other places. Lake Manyara also hosts thousands of flamingos at certain times of the year and has diverse vegetation ranging from savannah, to marshes and acacia woodland, enabling a variety of wildlife habitats including butterflies.
Day 7
Arusha | Lake Manyara | Serengeti | Tarangire
Day 7: Lake Manyara – Moshi/Arusha Breakfast at leisure then proceed to Moshi/Arusha town where you take lunch with a drop at your hotel. where the tour ends 8 days safari The 8 Day Northern Tanzania Camping Safari is the collection of adventure travel visiting most attractive places such as Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro crater, Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Tarangire.
Day 01
Arusha | Tarangire
Day 01: Collection from the hotel in Arusha, depart to Tarangire National Park, game drive, overnight Wild Palm Campsite.
Day 02
Day 02: After breakfast depart to Ngorongoro, and descend to the Crater floor for game drive, ascend to the rim, overnight Simba Campsite.
Day 03
Serengeti
Day 03: After breakfast depart to Serengeti via Oldupai Gorge, en-route game drive in Serengeti National Park, overnight Seronera Campsite.
Day 04
Serengeti
Day 04: Full day in Serengeti National Park, early morning, mid and afternoon game drives, overnight Seronera Campsite.
Day 05
Serengeti
Day 05: After breakfast depart to Wasso en-route game drive in Serengeti National Park, overnight Kamakia Campsite.
Day 06
Day 06: After breakfast depart for Lake Natron, arrive at lunch time, afternoon game drive, overnight at Kamakia Campsite.
Day 07
Lake Manyara
Day 07: After breakfast departure to Lake Manyara, arrive lunch time, afternoon game drive in Lake Manyara National Park, at overnight Twiga Campsite.
Day 08
Lake Manyara | Serengeti | Tarangire
Day 08: After breakfast drive to Lake Manyara National Park, game drive, departure to A 9 days safari Lake Manyara is ideal for viewing birdlife with over 400 species. Ngorongoro is the largest intact crater in the world abundant with wild game including elephants, rhinos, cheetahs, lions, leopards, and hyenas. Tarangire is a beautiful park filled with Baobabs and Acacias with a large variety of game such as zebras, elephants, giraffes, and waterbuck. You will also visit the Serengeti, Tanzania’s most famous and largest national park and one of the most spectacular parks in the world. The “endless plains” cover some 14,763 square kilometers including large plains, short grass plains, kopjes, and lakes.
Day 1
Lake Manyara | Tarangire
Day 1 : Drive to Lake Manyara or Tarangire for afternoon game drive Drive 3-4 hours from Moshi to Lake Manyara or Tarangire with lunch enroute and afternoon game drive. Meals: LD Budget Lodging: Migunga Forest Camp or Kudu Lodge (Manyara) / Whistling Thorn (Tarangire) Standard Lodging: Lake Manyara Wildlife Lodge (Nov-May) or Tarangire Safari Lodge (Jun-Oct) Luxury Lodging: Lake Manyara Serena, Kitela Lodge, Plantation Lodge (Nov-May) or Tarangire Sopa Lodge (Jun-Oct) Elite Lodging: Tarangire Treetops
Day 2
Tarangire
Day 2 : Four options to choose from 1: Full day game drive in Tarangire 2: Hiking/biking in Mto Wa Mbu, visit local medical clinic and orphanage 3: Lake Eyasi to visit the Bushman tribe 4: Drive to Lake Natron, afternoon hike to waterfalls and visit Maasai village Meals: BLD Budget Lodging: Budget lodge or tented camp depending on option Standard Lodging: Mid-range lodge or tented camp depending on option Luxury Lodging: Luxury lodge or tented camp depending on option Elite Lodging: Tarangire Treetops
Day 3
Serengeti
Day 3 : Drive to Serengeti, afternoon game drive Drive to the Serengeti for afternoon game drive. Meals: BLD Budget Lodging: Serengeti Halisi Camp Standard Lodging: Kati Kati Tented Camp or Seronera Wildlife Lodge Luxury Lodging: Serengeti Serena Lodge or Serengeti Sopa Lodge Elite Lodging: Serengeti Migration Camp
Day 4
Serengeti
Day 4 : Serengeti Game Drive Full-day game drive in Serengeti, lunch at Visitor’s Center. Meals: BLD Budget Lodging: Serengeti Halisi Camp Standard Lodging: Kati Kati Tented Camp or Seronera Wildlife Lodge Luxury Lodging: Serengeti Serena Lodge or Serengeti Sopa Lodge Elite Lodging: Serengeti Migration Camp
Day 5
Serengeti
Day 5 : Serengeti Game Drive Full-day game drive in Serengeti. Meals: BLD Budget Lodging: Serengeti Halisi Camp Standard Lodging: Kati Kati Tented Camp or Seronera Wildlife Lodge Luxury Lodging: Serengeti Serena Lodge or Serengeti Sopa Lodge Elite Lodging: Serengeti Migration Camp
Day 6
Serengeti
Day 6 : Serengeti Game Drive, Olduvai Gorge, Maasai Village Drive Serengeti to Ngorongoro with game drive en route. Optional visits to the Olduvai Gorge and Maasai village. Meals: BLD Budget Lodging: Rhino Lodge Standard Lodging: Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge or Ngorongoro Farmhouse Luxury Lodging: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge or Sopa Lodge Elite Lodging: The Manor at Ngorongoro
Day 7
Ngorongoro Crater
Day 7 : Ngorongoro Crater game drive Half-day game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater. Meals: BLD Budget Lodging: Rhino Lodge Standard Lodging: Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge or Ngorongoro Farmhouse Luxury Lodging: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge or Sopa Lodge Elite Lodging: The Manor at Ngorongoro
Day 8
Tarangire
Day 8 : Hiking/biking/culture OR Bushman tribe in Lake Eyasi 1: Hiking/biking in Mto Wa Mbu, visit local medical clinic and orphanage. 2: Lake Eyasi to visit the Bushman tribe. Meals: BLD Budget Lodging: Rhino Lodge or Tindiga Tented Camp Standard Lodging: Tarangire Safari Lodge or Tindiga Tented Camp Luxury Lodging: Tarangire Sopa Lodge or Kisima Ngeda Tented Camp Elite Lodging: The Manor at Ngorongoro
Day 9
Arusha | Lake Manyara | Tarangire
Day 9 : Tarangire or Lake Manyara game drive, return to Moshi/Arusha Drive to Tarangire or Lake Manyara for morning game drive in the park. Afternoon, return to Moshi/Arusha via Mto Wa Mbu. Meals: BL
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